Crime & Safety
School Bus Hit By Gunfire In East Charlotte
As two men exchanged fire at a gas station amid an argument, a school bus was hit. No kids were injured, though.
NODA, NC — A school bus was hit by gunfire on Thursday morning, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say, near The Plaza and Parkwood. One round struck a window of the bus.
WFAE reported that the school bus was from the charter school Charlotte Lab School. Two men exchanged gunfire and the school bus was not the target of the gunfire, police said.
The bus driver was hit by glass, but no students were injured. Another vehicle was it by the gunfire, but the driver was not injured.
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Mark Barber of WSOC tweeted a link to the surveillance video showing the men shooting at each other.
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We now have surveillance video that shows two men shooting at each other at the gas station. Watch here: https://t.co/EmDX3erZng @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/XvMo20PRGm
— Mark Barber (@MBarberWSOC9) October 12, 2017
Both shooters fled the area in separate vehicles, WFAE reported the police as saying.
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